tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5936951073896589340.post9057026351857966164..comments2024-03-27T20:42:17.293-07:00Comments on LLNL - The True Story -: Sandia team releasedUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger61125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5936951073896589340.post-38902037922981298142017-02-03T16:52:11.959-08:002017-02-03T16:52:11.959-08:00To think that Steve Girrens will be certifying our...To think that Steve Girrens will be certifying our Nation's nuclear stockpile is not only appalling but dangerous. Another example how the National Laboratory LLC concept allows unqualified individuals with no experience to rise to this level is hard to fathom.<br /><br />January 25, 2017 at 3:30 AM<br /><br />The summer students at Sandia will have more experience than Girrens. Really? Girrens, OMG, Sandia is in trouble.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5936951073896589340.post-20062533684955348902017-02-02T11:31:35.716-08:002017-02-02T11:31:35.716-08:005:04 pm here. I'm not a Bechtel manager and ne...5:04 pm here. I'm not a Bechtel manager and never was. I just have no respect for people who gripe about their situation but don't have the balls to do anything about it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5936951073896589340.post-63841114348532611942017-02-02T00:56:12.789-08:002017-02-02T00:56:12.789-08:00Hey 5:04 pm Bechtel manager. They tell the truth a...Hey 5:04 pm Bechtel manager. They tell the truth about the garbage you have done and you don't like it. Boo hoo. Wait until you leave your management position and see if anybody cares about you. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5936951073896589340.post-27243668916800410622017-02-01T12:02:50.383-08:002017-02-01T12:02:50.383-08:00I'm not 10:54 AM, but I still want to know wha...I'm not 10:54 AM, but I still want to know what "donates" are. <br /><br />Snowflake really needs to take remedial English classes. She could use an introductory class in thinking too.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5936951073896589340.post-57768273839978234042017-02-01T07:02:37.987-08:002017-02-01T07:02:37.987-08:00I don't work at the labs anymore. Instead I a...I don't work at the labs anymore. Instead I am a taxpayer, and seeing my donates go to fund a bunch of incompetents pisses me off. Does this make me a liberal feminist snowflake?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5936951073896589340.post-88103281102273384052017-01-31T10:54:40.902-08:002017-01-31T10:54:40.902-08:00Please, spare us the drama, the Trump-isms, and th...Please, spare us the drama, the Trump-isms, and the anti-Obama sentiment<br /><br />January 30, 2017 at 10:13 PM<br /><br />What, you want this blog to be a "safe space"? Or do you just want "trigger warnings," Snowflake?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5936951073896589340.post-54063462291749352672017-01-31T06:12:30.429-08:002017-01-31T06:12:30.429-08:00"Ah yes. LLNL "the true story", cra..."Ah yes. LLNL "the true story", crap-ass blog extraordinaire, where pension-collecting trolls go to whine about their claimed-but-nonexistent hardships. <br />and give us some real facts."<br /><br />The irony in this is over the top. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5936951073896589340.post-34013326457938808222017-01-30T22:13:39.123-08:002017-01-30T22:13:39.123-08:00Ah yes. LLNL "the true story", crap-ass...Ah yes. LLNL "the true story", crap-ass blog extraordinaire, where pension-collecting trolls go to whine about their claimed-but-nonexistent hardships. <br /><br />Please, spare us the drama, the Trump-isms, and the anti-Obama sentiment (which is TRULY amazing given the events of the last 10 days - not that anyone here is actually conversant in facts), and give us some real facts. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5936951073896589340.post-37223128045601606222017-01-30T20:11:20.610-08:002017-01-30T20:11:20.610-08:00January 30, 2017 at 4:36 AM
A new rumor is that U...January 30, 2017 at 4:36 AM<br /><br />A new rumor is that UC does not plan on putting in a bid or being part of any bid for LANL. Has anyone else heard anything about this? Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5936951073896589340.post-10395099735877155492017-01-30T17:04:41.137-08:002017-01-30T17:04:41.137-08:00They did things you didn't like. Boo Hoo. Get ...They did things you didn't like. Boo Hoo. Get over it, it is history, and nobody cares.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5936951073896589340.post-9692646214931292762017-01-30T15:57:42.539-08:002017-01-30T15:57:42.539-08:00to Jan 30, 2017 4:36...Last post....
Amen to that...to Jan 30, 2017 4:36...Last post....<br /><br />Amen to that. The real University brain trust that the labs were founded on was blown up 10 years ago. Its Bechtel arrogance and stupidity that has turned these once great institutions into a joke. Thanks Riley and DiFi....Good job!! I hope you choke the billions you stole from the taxpayers. A serious investigation is needed. LOCK EM UP!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5936951073896589340.post-73652427589075734272017-01-30T10:19:29.789-08:002017-01-30T10:19:29.789-08:00"Hard to admit it, but the LANL managers that..."Hard to admit it, but the LANL managers that are going to SNL are better than a lot of the ones that remain at LANL.<br /><br />January 25, 2017 at 12:26 PM"<br /><br />Ouch!! If this is true, LANL is really in trouble. Who are your remaining managers? Addicts and molesters?<br /><br />January 26, 2017 at 12:02 PM<br /><br /><br /><br />Probably some of each, and maybe a few that count in both categories.<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5936951073896589340.post-56903584175880937292017-01-30T04:36:31.394-08:002017-01-30T04:36:31.394-08:00I agree that the best and brightest no longer have...I agree that the best and brightest no longer have any interest in NNSA labs but look at what has been done to the labs. In the past we had 5 weeks of vacation per year, good pensions, sabbaticals, overseas visiting positions, outside consulting, and good students. The overhead was always much higher than at a University but you had lots of good equipment to work with, outstanding students and postdocs because the pay was really good, and a long history of supporting research that was deemed important to the country. All of that has been changed to "industry standards," not university standards. I wouldn't let one of my students work at one of the labs. There is zero commitment to research and they can get better benefits at a university or better money in industry. Stupid mangers and idiotic HR people think "industry standards" are good enough. What innovation is left? Even in the core mission, there just isn't much talent available. I can't imagine that we even have the ability to resume testing. I don't think it would be good to resume testing but who really knows how to put together a diagnostic package anymore? It would be nice if we could keep a few of the best and brightest to run things new or old such as testing but they aren't there for a reason: terrible management that thinks scientific talent is just a commodity (and if it were just that, they wouldn't be willing to pay for it). The only people the current management value are other managers and none of them have really done anything except get paid for expertise they don't have. At least the pensions of old allowed us to escape. The only "young" people left with any talent are hanging on because of the pensions which can't be transferred to UC anymore. For someone hired today, there is no reason anyone good would want to work there and one of the big reasons for that is managers like the new Sandia team. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5936951073896589340.post-52009289548004980672017-01-29T04:16:24.531-08:002017-01-29T04:16:24.531-08:00I'm sure there are some bright UNM and NMSU gr...I'm sure there are some bright UNM and NMSU grads. But 99% of high school seniors don't say, "You know what, I can't decide between Caltech, MIT and UNM. I think I'll just go to UNM and get C+ grades." That's not reality. Reality is that the best students and performers go to the best schools and get the best grades. Only in the SNL and LANL reality distortion bubble are C+ UNM and NMSU students suddenly better performers than everybody else, even though these people would never get a job offer from the Googles of the world.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5936951073896589340.post-6699661733281813592017-01-28T17:18:41.059-08:002017-01-28T17:18:41.059-08:00Most of today's science Ph.D. graduates no lon... Most of today's science Ph.D. graduates no longer regard the NNSA labs an acceptable career path.<br /><br />January 28, 2017 at 4:37 PM<br /><br />That has in fact always been true. The vast majority have always preferred non-national security university positions that allowed research, teaching, and tenure-granted perks such as sabbaticals, overseas visiting professorships, outside consulting, and cadres of graduate students to do the actual work. Nice cushy job, no pressure beyond publishing once a year or so.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5936951073896589340.post-72198497574487210312017-01-28T16:37:53.351-08:002017-01-28T16:37:53.351-08:00Over the last twenty years the climate at the labs...Over the last twenty years the climate at the labs has gotten so nasty that people above a certain level, those who could find good jobs outside, have all left. The lab managers didn't seem bothered at first: "No one is irreplaceable. There's an oversupply of Ph.D. We will just hire some new ones." But then it gradually dawned on them that they were not able to attract the replacements of the same caliber. So they have been forced to scrape the bottom of the barrel to fill their vacancies. And this is a self-reinforcing process, a death spiral.<br /><br />The issue is not about educational pedigree per se above "fancy" vs "non-fancy" schools. The issue is about being unable to hire quality workforce. Most of today's science Ph.D. graduates no longer regard the NNSA labs an acceptable career path.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5936951073896589340.post-72742674522153447682017-01-28T16:03:54.994-08:002017-01-28T16:03:54.994-08:00Too bad we can't all just be put into position...Too bad we can't all just be put into positions based on our degrees and the schools they are from. Then we would have our vaunted Berkeley staff member, who earned an A average, in charge. All the NMSU grads would be techs or janitors. All would be right and just in the world.<br /><br />It is really shameful that we have to be rated on our merits and performance. The failures as a Team Leader and as a Deputy Group Leader haunt us for the rest of our careers and we end up as a habitual troll on a blog complaining in petty ways about people who held us accountable and deluding ourselves that nobody knows who we are.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5936951073896589340.post-88961722079652077282017-01-28T09:23:20.173-08:002017-01-28T09:23:20.173-08:00I'm guessing that's all they need in order...I'm guessing that's all they need in order to do what is required to keep the ADs happy.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5936951073896589340.post-85812740801392001442017-01-28T02:28:59.869-08:002017-01-28T02:28:59.869-08:00January 26, 2017 at 5:28 PM: "Sandia is going...January 26, 2017 at 5:28 PM: "Sandia is going to have some big problems."<br /><br />Their main problem is that it is staffed with private sector rejects and and C+ UNM and NMSU students that couldn't get a job out of state.<br /><br />January 27, 2017 at 4:53 AM<br /><br />The same reason that LANL has declined. For example, the W and Q-division Weapon System Division Leaders are both C- students, both with BS degrees from NMSU. That's it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5936951073896589340.post-38456445955666337172017-01-27T04:53:23.379-08:002017-01-27T04:53:23.379-08:00January 26, 2017 at 5:28 PM: "Sandia is going...January 26, 2017 at 5:28 PM: "Sandia is going to have some big problems."<br /><br />Their main problem is that it is staffed with private sector rejects and and C+ UNM and NMSU students that couldn't get a job out of state.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5936951073896589340.post-26848029366276131792017-01-27T04:03:26.890-08:002017-01-27T04:03:26.890-08:00Mara was the guy with the terrible toupee, right?
...Mara was the guy with the terrible toupee, right?<br /><br />January 26, 2017 at 5:28 PM<br /><br />Yeah and no one had the courage to tell him he had it on backwards and in the wrong color.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5936951073896589340.post-14794050100092154692017-01-26T17:28:44.869-08:002017-01-26T17:28:44.869-08:00Mara was the guy with the terrible toupee, right?
...Mara was the guy with the terrible toupee, right?<br />These NTESS guys are not even in the same league as Mike, Brett, and Charlie.<br />Sandia is going to have some big problems.<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5936951073896589340.post-5342414369355720562017-01-26T12:41:22.700-08:002017-01-26T12:41:22.700-08:00At LANL, we mass-produce and export failed manager...At LANL, we mass-produce and export failed managers. What can we do for your laboratory today?<br /><br />January 25, 2017 at 11:34 AM<br /><br />LLNL did a good job of exporting their failed managers as well, Anastasio, Mara, McMillan, Knapp. All failures in their own right. But, let's face it, it's the LLC model that has failed us, this guys (including Younger, Girrens, Seestrom, Burns) are smart enough to benefit financially from DOE/NNSAs continued ignorance and stupidity!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5936951073896589340.post-37434682712145654872017-01-26T12:02:01.152-08:002017-01-26T12:02:01.152-08:00"Hard to admit it, but the LANL managers that..."Hard to admit it, but the LANL managers that are going to SNL are better than a lot of the ones that remain at LANL.<br /><br />January 25, 2017 at 12:26 PM"<br /><br />Ouch!! If this is true, LANL is really in trouble. Who are your remaining managers? Addicts and molesters?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5936951073896589340.post-7451672212676997752017-01-26T06:52:22.215-08:002017-01-26T06:52:22.215-08:00Girrens was so popular in Los Alamos that he wasn&...Girrens was so popular in Los Alamos that he wasn't even re-elected as City Counselor in the recent election. He couldn't even be fit as a dog catcher. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com